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crunchman · February 2018

My daughter bought her class hamster home for half term. Big mistake.

Came down this morning and the cage is open. Hamster nowhere to be seen.

She was playing with it yesterday and it bit her. Don't think she closed the door properly afterwards.

Cat is locked out the catflap and not very happy about it.

The door was shut to the room the hamster was in (to keep the cat out), so hopefully it's still in there. Hopefully it turns up alive before the end of half term. The cage is now in the middle of the floor with the door open. Hopefully it decides to go home. Just don't want to find half of it somewhere with the other half in the cat.

Legionreturns · February 2018

Sorry, not helpful but all I can think of is Bill Bailey...

stickyfiddle · February 2018

When my sister's gerbils escaped they ended up under the piano. Do you have a piano?

sev112 · February 2018

Turn your settee / armchair upside down and see if he / she has gone in.

Fretwired · February 2018

Put out food and water in the cage ..

crunchman · February 2018

stickyfiddle said:

When my sister's gerbils escaped they ended up under the piano. Do you have a piano?

Only a digital one. There is a lot of clutter in the room. About 8 guitars, 3 amps, lots of book. Spent about 2 hours looking for it. Need to be careful moving stuff as we don't want to risk crushing it.

crunchman · February 2018

Fretwired said:

Put out food and water in the cage ..

Cage is now on the floor with food and water. Hopefully it will dedide it likes its food and nice fluffy cotton wool stuff. Just hope it hasn't gone behind a radiator to keep warm and cooked itself.

Kebabkid · February 2018

If you've leads, cables in the room, put them away as my old hamster liked a good chomp on the phone wires.
I hope it turns up safe and well. They like bedding

axisus · February 2018

Hamsters can be major escapologists. Both my brothers family and my sisters family had hamsters that would often escape and dissappear into the house

Grunfeld · February 2018

Legionreturns said:

Sorry, not helpful but all I can think of is Bill Bailey...

Right, that's going in the set tonight!

Sassafras · February 2018

Buy a male or female hamster, depending on the errant hamster's sexual orientation, stick the new one in the cage and that should attract the escapee hamster.

CHRISB50 · February 2018

Borrow a Jack Russell off someone (not the wicket keeper type). Just don’t let it off the lead.

Foster · February 2018

Possibly a more sensible suggestion - get a bucket and a makeshift ramp (a book is fine) and put some nice smelling food in the bucket. Keep all other sources of food away.

Hammy will get hungry, sniff food and fall in the bucket and be unable to get out (don't worry about the fall, he'll be fine)

maltingsaudio · February 2018

Are you quicker than the cat? Let him in he’ll soon find where it’s is,you’ve just got to get to it befor he does!

crunchman · February 2018

maltingsaudio said:

Are you quicker than the cat? Let him in he’ll soon find where it’s is,you’ve just got to get to it befor he does!

Thought about that, but my wife is worrying about the hamster dying of shock and won't let me.

richardhomer · February 2018

You may need to source a near-identical replacement. I did this when Dave (my then five-year old son’s hamster) was found immobile one morning.

Dave II was a couple of inches shorter than Dave - but the swap was never revealed and my son’s first experience with loss was deferred for a couple of years....

I hope it turns up unharmed.

p90fool · February 2018

richardhomer said:

You may need to source a near-identical replacement. I did this when Dave (my then five-year old son’s hamster) was found immobile one morning.

Dave II was a couple of inches shorter than Dave - but the swap was never revealed and my son’s first experience with loss was deferred for a couple of years....

I hope it turns up unharmed.

Exactly this, or as someone else said, the cure for an ill hamster is a new hamster.

Personally I'd let the cat have a look first, he'll sniff it out pretty sharpish.

Legionreturns · February 2018

richardhomer said:

You may need to source a near-identical replacement. I did this when Dave (my then five-year old son’s hamster) was found immobile one morning.

Dave II was a couple of inches shorter than Dave - but the swap was never revealed and my son’s first experience with loss was deferred for a couple of years....

I hope it turns up unharmed.

School hamsters live to a miraculous age. It's not a coincidence. They do have several minor image changes during their prolonged lifetimes

Sassafras · February 2018

Can you not muzzle the cat and let him do the detective work?
Maybe some soft little booties as well so he doesn't claw the hapless hamster to death.

stickyfiddle · February 2018

Sassafras said:

Can you not muzzle the cat and let him do the detective work?
Maybe some soft little booties as well so he doesn't claw the hapless hamster to death.

You've never actually met a cat, I presume??

Sassafras · February 2018

Maybe set a few traps:

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